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Carvin Jones tears through his set at a small bar in Scottsdale in October 2024. Jones died early Sunday, Sept. 20, after a battle with cancer.
Carvin Jones, Phoenix blues guitarist and ‘King of Strings,’ dies
Carvin Jones, the electrifying blues guitarist who made Phoenix his home and the world his stage, died early Sunday, Sept. 20, after a battle with cancer. He was a fixture of the Valley music scene for nearly four decades, captivating audiences with his guitar playing, larger-than-life personality and unmistakable black hat. more
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Valley researchers examine link between living conditions and cognitive decline
Can the neighborhood you call home influence how your brain ages? Researchers at Banner Sun Health Research Institute believe there may be a correlation between community and cognitive aging. … more
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Nominations are being accepted through Nov. 4 for the Community Celebrating Diversity’s Diversity Champions Awards.
Scottsdale’s Community Celebrating Diversity accepting Diversity Champions Awards nominations
The Scottsdale-based nonprofit Community Celebrating Diversity is seeking nominations for its annual Diversity Champions Awards. The award recipients are recognized and honored each year at the … more
Janelle Westfall.
Scottsdale resident Q&A: Janelle Westfall
In an effort to create a stronger sense of community, the Daily Independent is asking residents to share a little about themselves with some standard questions. Here are Janelle Westfall’s answers. … more
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Around 60 vendors, including 12 Italian restaurants are scheduled for this year’s Italian Festival at Scottsdale’s Civic Center.
Italian Festival moves to Scottsdale Civic Center
The 11th annual Italian Festival will return to Scottsdale Nov. 7-8 in grand style. The festival has outgrown its normal location along the waterfront and will be headed to the 24-acre … more
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Four Peaks Coin Club president and co-founder John Gibson poses behind a statue of George Washington, who adorns the quarter, while holding a commemorative coin celebrating the club’s 20th anniversary.
Fountain Hills' Four Peaks Coin Club celebrates 20 years as fall show approaches
Four Peaks Coin Club, formerly known as the Fountain Hills Coin Club, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2026. John Gibson, who is the president and co-founder of the club, said that this … more
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Parents know their children have a safe place to go after the school day ends with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale.
Thunderbirds Charities give $500K to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale
Thunderbirds Charities has awarded the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale $500,000 to expand affordable after school programming for approximately 400 South Scottsdale youth at the Ruth … more
In this 1987 photo Philip C. Curtis creates one of his works inside his studio home at Cattle Track in Scottsdale.
Philip C. Curtis helped build Phoenix’s art world — then created a world of his own
Some of Philip C. Curtis’ paintings began in dreams. more
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Rachel Pearson.
Scottsdale resident Q&A: Rachel Pearson
In an effort to create a stronger sense of community, the Daily Independent is asking residents to share a little about themselves with some standard questions. Here are Rachel Pearson’s answers. … more
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Julia, a Phoenix resident, swept pebbles and desert dust from countless headstones exposed to the elements Saturday at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.
25 years later, Phoenix volunteers turn 9/11 remembrance into service
The temperature was already approaching 100 degrees late Saturday morning as volunteers spread across the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, raking gravel, picking up trash, and washing headstones beneath the Valley sun. more
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Volunteers for Valley Starbucks stores pack meals for local food banks Sept. 11, 2026 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale as park of a 9/11 Day event.
Volunteers pack Glendale stadium to prepare meals on 9/11 Day
Packing meals for people in need Friday afternoon at State Farm Stadium in Glendale was fulfilling for Dress For Success Arizona CEO Tamala McBath. It also brought the leader of the … more
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Eric Landau, a former volunteer firefighter and captain with the Long Beach Fire Department, reads the names of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks during a memorial ceremony at the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting in Phoenix.
‘It was just catastrophic’: Fountain Hills resident remembers 9/11
On Sept. 11, 2001, Eric Landau, a former volunteer firefighter and captain with the Long Beach Fire Department on Long Island, was in New York City for a scheduled hearing when the attacks began. … more
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